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Point-of-care Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Abscess in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

1. POCUS is more accurate
Point-of-care Ultrasound ... for Diagnosis of ... and Soft Tissue Infections ... is not clinically ... LikelihoodRatios #Accuracy #Diagnosis
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... & Specificity Assess ... #ultrasound #management ... #diagnosis
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 

The Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) grading system prototypes combining inferior
still toward the liver ... velocities during the cardiac ... seen during the cardiac ... IVC #Congestion #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Clinical
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... • Diagnostic ... pericardiocentesis, re-assess ... Plan definitive management ... #Management #Workup
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
/Other RGM • Cardiac ... (elevations of liver ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Lung Disease: • Clinical
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... the setting of liver ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... echocardiography - Assess ... left heart 3-6 cardiac
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... scalp, vagina, fingers ... #Management #Infections
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... assessment - assess ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac
Urothelial Thickening on Renal POCUS
Teenager (female) with flank pain and fever.  POCUS to evaluate for
POCUS to evaluate ... Findings/diagnosis ... Can be seen in infections ... renal infarction/abscess ... #clinical #ultrasound
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
after an initial injection ... inform immediate clinical ... problem. ❸ Call for cardiac ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup